Status of the magnetized indirect drive implosion project on the NIF

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Abstract

Application of a 27 T external magnetic field to a room temperature indirect drive gas-filled capsule implosion on NIF has been shown in experiments to increase the temperature 40% and the yield by 3-times [1]. The results provide confidence for testing the performance improvement of magnetizing a cryo-layered deuterium-tritium implosion. This requires several technological developments including a cryogenic pulser system and the demonstration of an axisymmetric ice layer with a magnetization coil on the hohlraum. We will discuss the status of the pulser technology, ice layer control, and ongoing experiments investigating magnetized HED science relevant to indirect drive implosions on NIF and the Omega laser. These studies include magnetized shock propagation and magnetized laser-plasma interactions including cross-beam energy transport (CBET).

*This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344 and by the LLNL-LDRD program under Project Number 23-ERD-025 and project SI-2020-002.

Publication: [1] J. D. Moody et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 195002 (2022).

Presenters

  • John D Moody

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Authors

  • John D Moody

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Hong Sio

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • David J Strozzi

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Brad B Pollock

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawerence Livermore National Laberatory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Chris A Walsh

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Brandon J Lahmann

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Gareth Hall

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Sergei O Kucheyev

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Bernard Kozioziemski

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Benjamin Bachmann

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Yuan Shi

    • University of Colorado Boulder
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • University of Colorado Boulder/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Jeremy Kroll

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab
    • LLNL

  • Rhyan Reynolds

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Suhas D Bhandarkar

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Jon Fry

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Alexander P Povilus

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Lisle Hagler

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Izumi Nobuhiko

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Jay Javedani

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Shahab Khan

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL

  • Abbas Nikroo

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL

  • Nicholas L Orsi

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Nicholas L Orsi

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Ken Piston

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Chris Provencher

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • James Sater

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Ken Skulina

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • William Stygar

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Scott E Winters

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Jeremy P Chittenden

    • Imperial College London

  • Brian Appelbe

    • Imperial College London

  • Aidan C Crilly

    • Imperial College London

  • Sam T O'Neill

    • Imperial College London

  • Jonathan R Davies

    • LLE

  • Jonathan L Peebles

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics